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Military service
Service number:
40409
Age:
37
Rank:
Bombardier
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Brigade
Birth:
April 26, 1878
Cinder Hill, Staffordshire, England
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 28, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 23.
Additional information
Husband of Mary Ann Fownes, of Coseley, Bilston, Staffordshire, England.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Bombardier James Fownes
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Photo of Mary Ann Fownes
Mary Ann Fownes, wife of Isaac James Fownes. -
Photo of James Fownes
Isaac James Fownes served in the British army with the 42nd BTY Royal Field Artillery during the South African War of 1899 - 1902. He saw action at Elandslaagte and the seige of Ladysmith. He emigrated to Canada in 1914. -
Family photo
Group photograph of the wife of Isaac James Fownes and her family outside their home in Pear Tree Lane, Coseley, Staffordshire, England. C1910
Digital gallery of
Bombardier James Fownes
Digital gallery of
Bombardier James Fownes
Digital gallery of
Bombardier James Fownes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 15 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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